MSA Guitar Pedal Attachment

Mark Greer · Post by **Mark Greer** » 10 Sep 2012 8:40 pm

Any one every seen/used one of these before?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbUR6wI5w8s

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 11 Sep 2012 9:47 am

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 11 Sep 2012 3:37 pm

Sorta "pitchy", that example. Phil Baugh did much better when he used one, and I can imagine that with all the flex in a straight guitar neck, it ain't easy.

Paul King · Post by **Paul King** » 11 Sep 2012 3:54 pm

It appears the invention did not last very long. The young man on the video was Leland Green. Today, Leland is one fastastic guitar picker. I have had the opportunity a few times to jam with him and he is fabulous. I understand he even plays a little steel guitar as well.

Darvin Willhoite · Post by **Darvin Willhoite** » 11 Sep 2012 5:43 pm

I owned one until about a month ago, I never used it, so it was time for it to go.

Dave Hopping · Post by **Dave Hopping** » 11 Sep 2012 7:45 pm

I've seen a(very)few over the years,but it seems to me if you're going to get that complicated,why not just go all the way and get into a PSG.

Chris Gabriel · Post by **Chris Gabriel** » 17 Sep 2012 8:46 am

What about the left-handed model?

When I first heard about this, I was amazed and perplexed. It's a great idea.

Too bad, it is not a very well known item in the guitar world. I wonder what Steve Vai would do with this? Or Pat Metheny?

If more people knew about this, and if more brands bought into it and developed their own version, you'd probably see more people using them.

Or maybe, the guitar is capable enough as is. I can't seem to figure out why I'm only now finding out about this device.

The recorded examples do show the items potential, and perhaps it will have some kind of re-emergence on the scene.

A pedal attachment renaissance?

Darvin Willhoite · Post by **Darvin Willhoite** » 17 Sep 2012 10:17 am

This would be an extremely expensive attachment to build, and the guitar has to be modified extensively for it to work. The market would be so small, I doubt it would be any where near profitable. As someone else said, why not just learn to play a pedal steel? You have basically the same learning curve with this attachment, just fewer strings.

Bob Vantine · Post by **Bob Vantine** » 17 Sep 2012 3:33 pm

I had one ...... very briefly .... in the mid 80's .

It wasn't a fit with what I was doing musically at the time .... maybe if I had it today it would've been a different story .

I didn't have the extra money for expensive toys back then either ..... and that was what it was .

The music store owner was sure that I was the right one for this as it was set-up on a sunburst Peavey guitar and I was one of the first and biggest users of Peavey guitars in this area {but mostly I think he really , really wanted to get it out of the store before it got broke and he lost his investment}.

I think they're still a neat part of music history

.... and a hoot to mess with !

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 19 Mar 2013 4:03 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbUR6wI5w8s

Seems to me this would be an ideal attachment for a lap steel. It would, in effect, become a pedal steel with no setup time.

Tony Glassman · Post by **Tony Glassman** » 19 Mar 2013 7:10 pm

Alan Brookes wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbUR6wI5w8s

Seems to me this would be an ideal attachment for a lap steel. It would, in effect, become a pedal steel with no setup time.

Here here!

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 10 Jul 2014 3:02 pm

Has anyone made any progress with this concept?
I realise that Rees is no longer with us.
I've always wondered why he didn't go the whole hog and fit one of his regular pedal guitar mechanisms into a standard guitar, which would allow the same sort of complete chord changes as we can do on pedal. As it is, the unit that he designed is similar to the Duesenberg Multibender, in that it can only pull one string per pedal. I wonder if Duesenberg are infringing on Rees's patent.